Improvement in lanterns



A. H. GREENE. Lantern.

No. 213,650. Patented Mar. 25, 1879 Ivwgnio-r,

MPEI'ERS, PHOTO-LIFHDGRAPHER. WASHXNGYON D C UNITED STATES PATENTQFFIOE.

ARTHUR H. GREENE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

lM PROVEMENT IN LANTERNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 213,650, dated March25, 1879; application filed Japuary 31, 1879.

To all whom it may concern- Be it knownthat I, ARTHUR H. GREENE, of thecity of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of NewYork, have invented anew and useful Improvement for Lockin g and Fastenin g Lanterns, ofwhich the following is a specification:

Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of a lantern fastened by rodsabove the rim, as stated in my invention. Fig. 3 is a view of the rod onthe under side of the lantern, with the loops fastening below the rim.

The invention relates to a method of fastening and locking lanterns atthe top and bottom; and the object is to fasten lanterns so that noperson without a key can open the lantern or tamper with the lightthereof.

The invention consists in the arrangement of rods or bars, to be appliedas hereinafter set forth, about a lantern in which the metallic top isremovable-as, for instance, a lantern which has a hinge on one side ofthe top.

A rod, A, fastened at the top of the lantern with a hinge or otherdevice, B, on the inside, opposite the hinge 0, runs perpendicularlydown the side of the lantern, and terminates in a loop, D, at the upperor lower side of the lower rim.

Another rod, E, is attached under the under rim of the lantern by ahinge, F, or other suitable device, in a vertical line with the hinge atthe top of the lantern, and passes underneath and across the oil-fountof the lantern and to or through the lower rim, and ending in a loop, soas to meet and connect with the loop D of the perpendicular rod, eitherloop passing through the other in such a way as to be fastened with apadlock.

What I claim is- A combination of rods or bars having a hinge on one endand a loop on the other, one passing from the top to the bottom of thelantorn, and the other bar passing horizontally along the under side ofthe lantern, and the two loops fastened together, either above or belowthe under rim, by means of a padlock passing through the loops at theends of the bars or rods, the upright rod passing down opposite thehinge on the metallic top of the lantern, so that the top cannot belifted without the removal of the upright rod.

ARTHUR H. GREENE.

Witnesses:

WM. W. GoonRIoH, JOHN A. DEADY.

